Jonathan Feigen’s NBA mock draft

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The draft order was set with the lottery. The pre-draft camp in Chicago provided workouts and measurements. The combine the Rockets run in New Jersey with the Brooklyn Nets allowed a look at five-on-five competition pitting draft prospects against one another.

Yet, after all the recent events to provide answers, the 2013 draft remains wildly unpredictable, with even the top pick no sure thing and many top prospects unable to work out because of injuries. Reports of the weakness of the 2013 NBA draft class might be premature. Though there does not seem to be a can’t-miss, no-brainer No. 1 pick, there is not a lack of solid first-round prospects.

With many changes likely in the month remaining before the June 27 draft, at least some order has begun to take shape from the Cavaliers’ first of four picks to the Rockets’ first pick, the 34th overall, acquired from the Suns.

1. Cleveland – Nerlens Noel, C/PF, Kentucky

The Cavaliers need the defense and rebounding skills Noel eventually will bring, but he’s no lock. Ben McLemore and Otto Porter will be tempting.

2. Orlando – Ben McLemore, G, Kansas

The Magic have Arron Afflalo at McLemore’s position, but a team looking to collect talent and with young prospects in place in the frontcourt likely will have to grab the shooting guard.

3. Washington – Otto Porter, SF, Georgetown

Anthony Bennett could be tempting, but he cannot go through workouts because of an injury. Porter is a solid pick at a position of need for the hometown team.

4. Charlotte – Anthony Bennett, PF, UNLV

Bennett is a bit of a forward tweener, but he has as much star potential as anyone in the draft, potential the Hornets have to grab, especially given Charlotte’s shortcomings in the paint.

5. Phoenix - Victor Oladipo, G, Indiana

The Suns are in need of an overhaul, and Oladipo, a mature, solid defensive wing player, would be a solid place to start for new GM Ryan McDonough.

6. New Orleans – Trey Burke, PG, Michigan

The centers might fit better, but it is unlikely the Pelicans will let Burke slip past them to opt for fit, especially after Austin Rivers offered little to indicate he will be ready to handle the position.

7. Sacramento – Alex Len, C, Maryland

There is little telling how the Kings will go, or even who will make the call, but Len will be a solid pick as a prospect unlikely to slide any further despite a stress fracture that keeps him out of workouts.

8. Detroit – Shabazz Muhammad, SF, UCLA

With the young talent in the frontcourt showing outstanding potential, Muhammad would bring an obvious talent with size and scoring ability the Pistons lack on the wings.

9. Minnesota – C.J. McCollum, PG, Lehigh

The Timberwolves would love to pick up a shooter and will hope for Muhammad to slip to them, but McCollum offers a good scorer who might fit well as a shooting guard next to Ricky Rubio.

10. Portland – Rudy Gobert, C, Cholet (France)

With the centers unlikely to fall farther, the Trail Blazers can pick through several. The incredibly long-limbed Gobert already has been a fast riser and could be the pick to fit next to LaMarcus Aldridge.

11. Philadelphia – Cody Zeller, C, Indiana

New GM Sam Hinkie will ignore need to choose the best talent available, but Zeller could be both with Andrew Bynum’s return so uncertain and Zeller’s combine performance turning heads.

12. Okla. City – Michael Carter-Williams, PG, Syracuse

The Thunder could be open to moving the pick but would like to develop a point guard to allow Reggie Jackson to concentrate on playing shooting guard, especially if Kevin Martin does not return.

13. Dallas – Dario Saric, SF, Zibona Zagreb(Croatia)

The Mavericks could be open to moving the pick, but Saric is a slick, versatile teenaged prospect who could stay overseas while the Mavericks clear cap room to chase Dwight Howard.

14. Utah – Jamaal Franklin, SG, San Diego St.

Franklin does a bit of everything, the kind of value pick that appeals to the Jazz. Utah could go for a point guard, but it might take Franklin with the belief a point guard will be available later.

15. Milwaukee – Kelly Olynyk, C, Gonzaga

All the uncertainty in the backcourt could make one of the guards a tempting pick, but Olynyk’s offensive talents are unlikely to slip any further.

16. Boston – Dennis Schroeder, PG, Braunschweig (Germany)

Schroeder, who has seemed to been moving up draft boards and could even go as high as 14th to Utah, could bring the natural point guard game the Celtics desperately missed when Rajon Rondo was out.

17. Atlanta – Mason Plumlee, C, Duke

The Hawks would love to move Al Horford to power forward if Josh Smith leaves and Plumlee has developed a solid post game to be able to move in at center relatively quickly.

18. Atlanta – Sergey Karasev, SF, Moscow

The Rockets’ pick, sent to the Nets for Terrence Williams and acquired from Brooklyn in the deal for Joe Johnson, could bring a solid, smart young shooter along with the flexibility to keep him overseas.

19. Cleveland – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G, Georgia

With a defensive big man in place with the first pick, the Cavaliers could add a strong wing defender with the pick acquired from the Lakers.

20. Chicago – Gorgui Dieng, C, Louisville

Dieng could fit in a variety of spots before the Bulls’ pick, but he has the sort of solid, defense-first game that the Bulls value.

21. Utah – Shane Larkin, PG, Miami

GM Dennis Lindsay won’t shy away from an undersized player — he advocated taking Aaron Brooks when with the Rockets — and could get the point guard who fits if he doesn’t with his earlier pick.

22. Brooklyn – Tony Mitchell, PF, North Texas

There are red flags about Mitchell’s attitude last season, but the Nets can gamble on his strength and inside-out game as a good value at this point in the first round.

23. Indiana – Alan Crabbe – SG, California

Several teams could grab Crabbe’s shooting touch, including the Nets one pick earlier, especially after a solid combine in Chicago solidified his stock as a first-rounder.

24. New York – Jeff Withey, C, Kansas

Assuming the Knicks are ready to add a center closer to 20-years-old than 40, the 23-year-old Withey would be a solid pick, especially for a team that won’t need a backup center to score.

25. L.A. Clippers, Steven Adams, C, Pittsburgh

In a first round with so many centers selected, Adams could go sooner. Adams is raw, but he has size and strength that could make him a good pick for a team that can give him time to develop.

Rice dramatically improved his stock with his play for the Rockets’ D-League team after he was dismissed by Georgia Tech and could give Minnesota the shooting it wants with the Grizzlies’ pick.

27. Denver – Reggie Bullock, F, North Carolina

Tony Snell is a possibility here, too, but the Nuggets are more likely to opt for Bullock’s shooting range after his solid junior season with the Tar Heels.

28. San Antonio – Lucas Nogueira, C, Brazil

Noqueira is still raw, but he has outstanding size and athleticism, and the Spurs have time to let him take his time developing as a defender and rebounding big man.

29, Okla. City – Giannis Adetokunbo, SF, Greece

The Nigerian native would be a long-term project, but the Thunder will be in no hurry to add more young players to go with Perry Jones, Jeremy Lamb and the 12th pick, and they also could look to move picks.

30. Phoenix – Tim Hardaway Jr., SG, Michigan

The Suns could go a variety of ways with the pick acquired from the Heat, but Hardaway had a solid combine and could earn a first-round spot through the workouts.

SECOND ROUND

31. Cleveland - Mouhammadou Jaiteh, C, France

The big French teen could go late in the first round, but he would be a solid choice for the Cavaliers, who don’t need to fit in three or four more rookies to an already young team if they keep the Magic’s pick.

32. Charlotte – C.J. Leslie, SF, North Carolina St.

After a disappointing season, Leslie remains an interesting prospect with good size (if at small forward) and athleticism, but he was expected to devel op more by now.

33. Cleveland – Ricky Ledo, SG, Providence

Ledo had some eye-catching stretches at the Chicago combine, enough to support to the idea that he could make it as a good scorer with potential to move up through the workouts.

34. Rockets – Mike Muscala, C, Bucknell

The Rockets have long valued range shooting from their frontcourt and often take three- and four-year college players (Chase Budinger, Carl Landry, Aaron Brooks, Patrick Patterson and Chandler Parsons). If the right international player is on the board, they could select a player they would keep overseas.